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With Nichols coming back it will help a great deal, but you cant replace Hicks, you just have to grin and bear it.

You are drafting for need right now and we definitely pick some OL high, a TE and a QB prospect in the first 3 picks. Forget our position at this point and lets say we are mildly successful going forward and have a 10-6 record which would mean someone starting playing better at our weak positions. So for an optimistic view of our teams weaknesses. OL: Long will be gone, saying Coward takes over there, he is young and physical so I think he becomes a good player. Whitehair and Daniels gets their shit together and start playing well. We are stuck with Leno and Massie with their contracts but we have Bars in the wings to start taking over for Leno is he still sucks. So I think we draft a OT high and a OG in the middle rounds for depth. TE: Burton will hang around because of his contract but injuries has affected his a great deal. Shaheen is considered a bust because of his high draft status, but he still could turn out to be a roistered player going forward just not a #1 or #2. We have Sowell and Braunnecker who are just players. We also have Raymond on IR and Horsted on PS. If Burton continues to not produce , I think they end up bringing up Jasper and he does well. We have enough backups to choose from but I think we draft a TE high. ILB: I think we draft a player high at this position but that we work out a 1 or 2 year deal with Trevathan that is team friendly. QB: Whether MT looks good or bad the rest of the year, we draft a QB and keep him around and let go of Daniel.

I dont think looking back at a draft to say this is who we could have gotten is quite fair in judging a GM. Every draft looks bad if you do that. I think you have to base it on who he drafted and how successful you have become. Did you become a winning team? Yes , there is 4 ways to build a team, FA, draft, UDFA, and trades. As much as he would not grade well individually but has brought us a winner. As a team that is 3-2, we look down on our expectations. I think the season has to play out and then make a proper judgement. Last year we were 3-3 before we took off and never had 12-4 expectations. If you say you did you are lying. I think we have enough stars, enough good players and good coaches to at make the playoffs this year. 10 or maybe 11 wins, but there is a possibility we get our shit together and go with 12 wins again. We just dont know. As far as drafting, he has missed on White, Floyd is a good player but not a stud, probably on a redraft would go late first or early 2nd. To be honest the jury is still out on MT, this will be the year he defines his legacy. Smith so far looks like a star as long as he gets his head back in the game. DM looks like a good player. I always think as least 3 years before we can truly judge a player. With the players we hit on in his drafts later in the draft, I would give him a C+ as a drafter but we are a winning team, so we have to grade this as a whole and I give him a B+ for building a winner.

Sowell has a guaranteed contract so they can move him back and forth and not affect anything. No one is going to pick him up anyways.

they have used Holtz as a FB on a few plays also.

Last year we were 3-3 before we went on a run. Nagy has 7 losses and 15 wins, I think its been a team failure and he will get it together. The OL screws up everything, and that will change with Long out and better communication with the line. Hopefully MT stays healthy, he is the best QB on the roster. We have lost by 1-3-6-3-1-7-3. We are in every game even when we have played bad.Every game either way is usually decided by 5 plays in each game. We need to clean up penalties and have more consistency by OL and QB., . We need to be more efficient in the running game then we will be on the side of wins.

If Larsen stays healthy, he will be the first option. At least Larsen has a attitude he brings. Another thought is bringing Bars up when they shelve Long and get him ready to play if Leno keeps up the shitty play.

We need both of them brought up. The OL is screwing our offense up. No push in the run game, to many penalties and missed blocks.

Shaheen isnt going anywhere but instead of bringing back Sowell get Horstead up here. Also I agree, put Long in IR and elevate Bars. 5 games is enough to tell us, the OL is a problem so lets check out a couple new players .

Its very obvious that the overseas trip affected there play. In the second half the OL gave Daniel more time . Clearly our OL is wreaking our offense. Leno alone probably contrived more to the loss than any other player. Roquan played terrible, what ever his problem was, it is still with him. Out of position, couldnt tackle. Not good. We are not as bad as we looked on this day, or not as good as we looked against Minny. Right now 9 wins maybe. So how do we fix it? MT needs to be healthy. They need to replace Leno with Bars and accept his rookie mistakes. They need to replace Long with Coward and hope for the best. I think the defense will take care of itself. If they have one bad game out of 5, we can probably over come that. The Oline is killing any kind of offensive rhythm and allowing no punch in the run. Clearly when you have an oversea game, you need to go early.

Well well well , roquin Smith practiced today and will be playing Sunday. Now the question that will never be answered, why he missed the game.

Kwit played well on the running game but I think Oak will scheme to test him in the passing game. Piere-Louis backed him up and played well, so I think we have the spot covered. If Smith is out indefinitely, that is not a good sign. If it was a legal issue, or a disciplinary issue, it would have been already defined. So this is a mental issue and that could take some time.

Players are always amped up when they play their old team. They will not be able to run the ball, so Carr will turn the ball over and it wont be pretty but we will win 24-9 with a D touchdown.

I think if it had something to do with an accident or some incident with the law that would be outed already. I think if it was a death in the family or of a friend that someone would have found that out to add to the story. A few things that it could be. Maybe it has something to do with a girlfriend? cheated on him or dumped him, a lot of guys let that effect him a lot. It could be something as simple as his parents getting divorced? (not sure if that applies ) Maybe a brother was being outed as gay? (dont know if that applies) A lot of things can mess with someones mind these days, hard to speculate on (personal issues). From everything that was known about him coming out of college, he was a hard working stand up guy. A leader and stable so its going to be something coming out of left field. If it was some kind of attitude problem, I think we would have noticed it the preseason.

The reason why Chase is here because he knows the offense. Kap no way will be an option because of his lack of knowledge of the system. Bray is next, if they bring another guy in, it will be someone that has been involved in this system. Dont know if anyone is out there but that would be an option. Another option I see is us running a wildcat type of offense to get us threw a game with maybe Cohen or Patterson as the lead. Just saying. The main breakdown of the offense is the shitty OL play. When you dont open holes and your QB is constantly under fire, their is no way the offense runs efficiently. I think with Daniels moving to center, it has to do with communication along the line and also Long is our worst OL and I see him being replaced soon. I think the line can be fixed as Daniels getting better with communication the line calls and Coward taking over for Long.

I think a lot of it is Daniels calling the plays out and their is a communication problem. Long is probably done, so move to Coward who played more snaps than Larson.

Bray is going to be the number two QB. They have kept him around for a reason, maybe he has a little to contribute.

Kwit, Williams, RRH, thank God we have good depth. I think Larson and Coward is playing better that Long has all year.

I heard Roquin may not play. bad bad bad

Last year Cousins was 50-79, 394 yards, 3 TDs, 2 ints, 6 sacks in two games. I think with us being more aggressive on pressure, we force him into TOs. He had 9 fumbles and 10 ints last year. So far this year he has 4 fumbles and 2 ints. in 3 games on only 63 passing attempts. His one road game against the Packers he was sacked once with 7 pressures, had 2 int and 2 fumbles. I see him committing at least 2 TOs and being sacked 5 times. Also he had only 43 % passing efficiency in that game on 32 atts. Cook run for 154 yards but Cousins was forced to throw because they were behind . If we get pressure on him and hold Cook under 100 yards we will win this game.

First of all, any wins on the road is a great accomplishment, overall that is hard to do for most teams. Skrine has played well, other than Fuller has been our best DB. Having another playmaker in the DBackfield will help against Cousins with HaHa. To note, Calahan is having surgery after not playing all year. Injuries to Hicks and Nichols are worrisome but with Mack at full speed and Goldman playing well, we will be able to stop the run for the most part. Cook 16 for 68 yards and no TDs. Pay attention to N. Williams , he can play that is why we kept him around.By the way Hunter is one of the best DEs in the league, not sure what you mean by he is an (up and comer)?He has been around 5 years and has 40 total sacks in his first 4 seasons. The key to our offense doing well against them is having balance on offense. Adam you always do a good job with stats.

We had high expectations coming out of the preseason, but the truth is we are still a ascending team and will be better as the season goes forward. The OL has been messy, but I think they get their act together as it fixes its parts. With Daniels moving to center I think there has been some communication problems that will be fixed soon. Long has lost it and soon will be replaced by someone, not Larson. Leno has ok except for penalties and will get his act together. Burton is getting healthier and is a key to our offensive scheme. Nagy will figure out getting Miller and Cohen more plays. Montgomery gets more involved going forward. Defensively we are a mirror to last year for its first 3 games. •Total Points Allowed: 55 •Total Sacks: 14 •Turnovers: 7 2019 Chicago #Bears Defense Weeks 1-3: •Total Points Allowed: 39 •Total Sacks: 11 •Turnovers: 6

We're back in business if we win Sunday.

I agree with everything you say. They have been getting beat one on one all year, we can say Long doesnt have it anymore but what is the excuse for the rest of the line. They have totally affected our offensive rhythm. MT has his own faults but if this totally affects his poise and consistency overall. I believe the run game is affected a lot by no fullback. I see they have been playing the new TE as a H back to compensate for no FB. I think Nagy figures it out, but it has a long way to go.

Teams do not run well against us, and hopefully Hicks plays. We had 10 more points sitting there with Pinero misssing a makable FG and MT throwing an int. at the end zone. So I dont think it was looking that bad. I do think the OL is still a problem.